Ohio Valley Player of the Year
List of Ohio Valley Player of the Year winners
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) has awarded Ohio Valley Player of the Year honors every season since 1962-63. Only one player has won the award three times, Western Kentucky’s Clem Haskins (1965-67). Thirteen other players have won twice, the most recent being Austin Peay‘s Terry Taylor (2020-21). Murray State is the program with the most winners (21), followed by Austin Peay, Morehead State (eight each) and Western Kentucky (seven). See also: Ohio Valley Coach of the Year
| Year | Player | School |
| 1963 | Harold Sergent | Morehead State |
| 1964 | Jim Jennings | Murray State |
| 1965 | Clem Haskins | Western Kentucky State |
| 1966 | Clem Haskins (2) | Western Kentucky State (2) |
| 1967 | Clem Haskins (3) | Western Kentucky (3) |
| 1968 | Wayne Chapman | Western Kentucky (4) |
| Skeeter Swift | East Tennessee State | |
| 1969 | Claude Virden | Murray State (2) |
| 1970 | Jim McDaniels | Western Kentucky (5) |
| 1971 | Jim McDaniels (2) | Western Kentucky (6) |
| 1972 | Les Taylor | Murray State (3) |
| 1973 | Les Taylor (2) | Murray State (4) |
| 1974 | Fly Williams | Austin Peay |
| 1975 | George Sorrell | Middle Tennessee |
| 1976 | Johnny Britt | Western Kentucky (7) |
| Tim Sisneros | Middle Tennessee (2) | |
| 1977 | Otis Howard | Austin Peay (2) |
| 1978 | Otis Howard (2) | Austin Peay (3) |
| 1979 | James “Turk” Tillman | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1980 | Gary Hooker | Murray State (5) |
| 1981 | Jerry Beck | Middle Tennessee (3) |
| 1982 | Jerry Beck (2) | Middle Tennessee (4) |
| 1983 | Glen Green | Murray State (6) |
| Joe Jakubick | Akron | |
| 1984 | Joe Jakubick (2) | Akron (2) |
| 1985 | Stephen Kite | Tennessee Tech |
| 1986 | Marcel Boyce | Akron (3) |
| 1987 | Bob McCann | Morehead State (2) |
| 1988 | Jeff Martin | Murray State (7) |
| 1989 | Jeff Martin (2) | Murray State (8) |
| 1990 | Popeye Jones | Murray State (9) |
| 1991 | Popeye Jones (2) | Murray State (10) |
| 1992 | Brett Roberts | Morehead State (3) |
| 1993 | Carlos Rogers | Tennessee State |
| 1994 | Carlos Rogers (2) | Tennessee State (2) |
| 1995 | Marcus Brown | Murray State (11) |
| 1996 | Marcus Brown (2) | Murray State (12) |
| 1997 | Bubba Wells | Austin Peay (4) |
| 1998 | De’Teri Mayes | Murray State (13) |
| 1999 | Bud Eley | Southeast Missouri State |
| 2000 | Aubrey Reese | Murray State (14) |
| 2001 | Trenton Hassell | Austin Peay (5) |
| 2002 | Henry Domercant | Eastern Illinois |
| 2003 | Ricky Minard | Morehead State (4) |
| 2004 | Cuthbert Victor | Murray State (15) |
| 2005 | Willie Jenkins | Tennessee Tech (2) |
| 2006 | J. Robert Merritt | Samford |
| 2007 | Drake Reed | Austin Peay (6) |
| 2008 | Lester Hudson | Tennessee-Martin |
| 2009 | Lester Hudson (2) | Tennessee-Martin (2) |
| 2010 | Kenneth Faried | Morehead State (5) |
| 2011 | Kenneth Faried (2) | Morehead State (6) |
| 2012 | Isaiah Canaan | Murray State (16) |
| 2013 | Isaiah Canaan (2) | Murray State (17) |
| Ian Clark | Belmont | |
| 2014 | J. J. Mann | Belmont (2) |
| 2015 | Cameron Payne | Murray State (18) |
| 2016 | Evan Bradds | Belmont (3) |
| 2017 | Evan Bradds (2) | Belmont (4) |
| 2018 | Jonathan Stark | Murray State (19) |
| 2019 | Ja Morant | Murray State (20) |
| 2020 | Terry Taylor | Austin Peay (7) |
| 2021 | Terry Taylor (2) | Austin Peay (8) |
| 2022 | KJ Williams | Murray State (21) |
| 2023 | Mark Freeman | Morehead State (7) |
| 2024 | Riley Minix | Morehead State (8) |
| 2025 |
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